Sang Mendy Gambian sprinter Adama Jammeh finished fifth in the 200memters of the 2015 IAAF World Championship in the Birds Nest stadium in Beijing, China, clocking 20:81, a timing short of a spot in the semi-final.

Adama finished fifth, clocking 20:81, a timing below his personal best which is 20:59seconds. It was visible prior to Adama’s race that he should run his heart out to win a place in the semifinal hence his running mates have better timing. Despite all odds Jammeh outclashed Meosito Lehata of Germany who finished last in the race.

﻿Sang Mendy After touring Europe in a bid to watch and meet players, the scorpions coach will brief the general public through a media conference on what he has at stake against Cameroon on Thursday, August 27, 2015.The media conference will take place at noon at the GFF Secretariat in Kanifing. According to the GFF media release, the Swiss tactician would use the occasion to abreast the Press about his level of preparation ahead of the crucial match and to further unveil his final list of players invited for the qualifier.It is rumoured that the scorpions of The Gambia will head out to Morocco for a training camp but with Cameroon confirming they will be camping at close neighbous, Senegal, will there be a change of heart?﻿

Gambia international Ibou Touray has signed for Welsh Premier League side Rhyl FC following his release from English Conference Premier side Chester FC, Nna Gambia News can exclusively report.The 20-year-old left back, who came through the Everton academy, is a full-time Scorpion international after he made his debut in an international friendly against Uganda in June, though he fell short of making the match day squad in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match against South Africa in Durban.Touray’s contractual details were undisclosed by the Welsh side but it is believed he inked a one-year contract with the Denbighshire-based outfit.He dons the number 16 jersey for The Lilywhites and made his debut for the team in their 1-1 home draw with Bangor City on Friday.Touray is expected to feature for the two-time Welsh champions in their next match away to Aberystwyth Town

The Liverpool-born youngster is likened to Real Madrid’s sturdy Brazilian stopper Marcelo for his solid and dependable qualities.About Rhyl FCRhyl Football Club is a Welsh football club, playing in the Welsh Premier League. The club was founded in 1879 (though a new limited liability company was formed in 1991) and the team plays its home matches at the Corbett Sports Stadium, Rhyl, which can accommodate 3,000 spectators.

Gambian striker Ebrima Sanneh goal for Nairobi City Stars ensured Alagie Nyabally and Matarr Nyan’s Tusker FC suffer another embarrassing defeat that killed their fading hopes of winning the SportPesa Premier League on Friday.The lanky Gambian forward put the visitors ahead just three minutes to the interval after he connected well with Calvin Masawa’s cross from the right to smash home from six yards out past Martin Musalia.The goal came moments after Tusker keeper Duncan Ochieng’ was given his marching orders when he handled the ball outside the box in the 36th minute to deny the menacing Sanneh a clear goal scoring opportunity.Sanneh, who is in his second season at City Stars on loan from Gambian club Real de Banjul, has continued to show his glimpses under coach Gabriel ‘Kingi’ Njoroge, emerging as the club’s top scorer with six league goals.Goalkeeper Nyabally and midfielder Nyan were both unused substitutes in Tusker’s defeat.

The result leaves City Stars with 20 points still at relegation zone while Tusker are fourth after amassing 37 points after 24 matches played.

Sang Mendy Former Real de Banjul winger, now playing for Northern Dynamo in Seychelles, Modou Jallow known in the football cycle as Figo has called on Gambians to rally behind the scorpions when The Gambia takes on Cameroon come Sunday, September 6, 2015. Figo made such call after celebrating his first goal in the Seychellois Barclay’s first division on Saturday after his side was thrashed 3-1. Modou was on target for his club in the 83rd minute of the game but his goal could only serve as a consolation. Figo said: “The players know what is at stake already. “I think they are all ready to be part of the history. “They all will love to restore the memories of those good old days “So let the fans rally behind the boys to give them the maximum support.” He however said that for the players to put up topnotch performance, they will need the backing of the fans. He pointed out that support encourages players to go the extra mile. “With support the players can realize their hidden potentials.” Jallow seized the opportunity to commend his fellow players for putting back The Gambia in the football limelight. He said having been in a football hibernation for two years and coming back to collect a point against football power-house like South Africa was vital. “I am sure with that performance, Cameroon will not be taking us for granted. “But with support Insha Allah, victory is certain,” he added. The young man said scoring goals boost his morals. He added he is working very hard providing his coach with options to play him in different positions. Despite losing two out of three matches in the league, the Brikama born player is optimistic that his side have the material to win the league at the end of the season. “Now that I started scoring goals, I just hope I continue to score much as I can to help my team,” FIigo said.

Sang Mendy Gambia’s sprinter Adama Jammeh will race with renowned athletes, Wallace Spearmon and Warren Weir on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 in the 200meters of the 2015 IAAF World Championship in the Birds Nest stadium in Beijing, China. Jammeh will be running in heat six (6) alongside Karol Zalewski of Poland, Robin Erewa of Germany, Mosito Lehata of Lesotho, Daniel Talbot of Great Britain, Wallace Spearmon of USA, Warren Weir of Jamaica and Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakaas of Germany. Adama’s heat is scheduled for 11:30am and in case he progressed to the semi-final he will be in action at 12:30pm local time. Looking at the personal best of Jammeh’s opponents, he will have to run his heart out to stand a chance of progressing into the next stage of the race but the young man is optimistic of pulling out a surprise in the heats. American, Wallace Spearmon and Jamaican, Warren Weir will go into the race with personal best of 19.65 and 19.79 respectively. Tsakonas of Germany goes into the race with personal best of 20.09 while Baniel Talbot and Meosito Lehata of Germany and Leshoto will both go into the race with personal best of 20.30 and 20.36 respectively. Another German, Robin Erewa and Polish Karol Zalewshi all clocked 20.46 and 20.41 respectively prior to the world championship while Gambia’s Adama Jammeh goes into the race with personal best of 20.59. But speaking to Nna Gambia News Online, Gambia’s only representative in the IAAF World Championship, said he feel much prepared and confident. He said starting from lane three isn’t important in 200meters because all lanes are equal but noted that he is happy to run with world champions such as Wallace and Warren He added: “My target is to move to the next step of the race. “It is also my desire to improve in my personal best with the intention of qualifying to the upcoming Olympic.” Asked if he is anyway nervous knowing that he will be flanged by world-class athletes, the young man said, “No way.” He added: “They are athletes like me so I just need to push harder and I am in the right frame of mind to do that.” The prison officer who has set his eyes in qualifying to the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics used the opportunity to that the president of the republic, the director general of the Gambia Prison Service, his family, friends and loved ones for the support they have and continue to give him while calling on the entire nation to pray for him saying; “With prayers, the sky is the limit.”

While The Gambia are moving miles away to Morocco, The indomitable Lions of Cameroon will camp in Dakar ahead of their encounter against Gambia in the 2017 AFCON qualifiers.

According to Cameroon Football Federation website the team will be in Dakar, Senegal from the 01st to the 04th September 2015 to acclimatize themselves with the weather.

While in Dakar, the team will play a test game against Senegal u-23 who are preparing for the CAF U-23 championship to be held in Senegal in November.

The Cameroonian team will leave for Banjul in the morning of Saturday September 05th and will test the ground of the independence Stadium later in the afternoon on the same day. According to the site the composition of the delegation to The Gambia will be made public next week.

﻿Sang Mendy Members of the Scorpions Fans Club are calling on Gambians to change their attitudes on how they support their national team. The national mobilizer, Badou Jonga, assistant national mobilizer, Mbakeh Gassama and the media officer, Amie Kolleh Boye jointly urge Gambians to turn up in their national colours and support throughout the match come Sunday, September 6, 2015 when the Scorpions take on the indomitable lions of Cameroon. Badou Jonga told Nna Gambia News that they wants Gambians to stop watching their national teams like spectators but watch and support as a fan. He said that is why they are doing everything possible to mobilize as many supporters as possible to join the national Scorpion’s Fans Club which is the reason why they are embarking on a vigorous media campaign. He said: “We started the campaign soon after we learnt of our opponents. We are trying to put together funds and lure in as many people as possible to join us in the support. “We are aware of what we put on the players so we need as many voices as possible to support the boys. “The results in South Africa proved to us that we now have a new breed of players who are willing to die for the country and we want to be with them all throughout. “It is on this note we calling on everyone coming to watch this match, to come on their national colours. We want to make the stadium look red and this can only be done when Gambians appear in their red attire,” he said. Mbakeh Gassama on his behalf appealed to the Gambians populace to desist from celebrating and supporting visiting teams to the expense of their own nation. To Mbakeh, this is the most unpatriotic thing to do. “How can a Gambian turn against his own national team?” Mbakeh questions. He added: “I am always shocked when I see Gambians supporting the visiting team. We always make the Independence Stadium a safe haven for the visiting opponents instead of turning the place into a hell for them. “At this moment, we should learn from the kind of information we receive when our national team travels. “We are not asking anyone to insult or stone our opponents but if we don’t jeer them up and cheer up our boys, we will always achieve our objective. “But normally we storm the stadium in support of the visiting team as was the case with Ivory Coast two years ago when Gambian fans were visible seen turning against their players and supporting Yaya Touray, Javinio and Kalou,” he said with utter frustration. Amie Kolleh Boye on her part commended the media for the publicity they are doing for the Scorpions Fans Club. She also called on other radio stations or media houses that are yet to incorporate them in their schedules to help them in their campaign to raise awareness on the Gambia versus Cameroon match. She argued that they need air space to continue reminding Gambians on the need for them to come out in their numbers to support the scorpions come on the 6th September. “We need the support of sports producers and the proprietors of the radio stations to allocate time for this campaign. For us we are very positive with this team. We are sure that they can bring back those glory days when the entire Gambian populace rejoice and meet at West Field. The trio who are geared towards encouraging Gambians to come out in their numbers also pay special tribute to the President of the Republic, His Excellency, Yaya Jammeh, Gambia Football Federation and Social Security and Housing Cooperation for their usual and timely support at all time. They however called on other stakeholders and all other companies and individuals to come to their support as they bid to invite their fellow supporters club in Senegal to support the Scorpions against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. ﻿

Sang Mendy The second vice president of the Gambia Football Federation, GFF, Ebou Faye has called on Gambians not to raise their expectations so high as The Gambia prepare to take on Cameroon on home soil saying Gambians must not overrate the scorpions knowing that the country is just returning from a football hibernation. Ebou also spoke of the reason why they have chosen to camp the team in Morocco while urging Gambians to remain loyal to the team when things don’t work for the team. He said: "This is the period that the fans turn against their own team. “Cameroon is a big country so any achievement against them will be big but we have to be aware that we are building a team. “In as much as we want to win, we must be cognizant that we are just returning from a football hibernation. “To build a team takes a lot of time. To win is important but the fundamentals of good team that will be winning in the future is also very important,” Ebou said. Ebou added that they are busy searching for players because they want a pool of quality players to choose from and one way to do that is to prove that The Gambia is no pushovers in football now but warned that Gambians must be overrate the team. To him, the GFF is more interested in building a team. This according to Ebou does not mean that they will settle for mediocre performance. He also revealed to Nna Gambia News the reasons why they chose Morocco for a training camp. He said one of the reasons is that they want the players to focus. “When the team is camped here, there will be too much distractions. “The best thing is to send them far where they will have no relative, friend or loved ones visiting. “It is obvious that when we camp them here, we cannot stop people from visiting them and that could be distractive. “We know that apart from the distractions, we will be able to get the high quality training facilities which will be helpful for the coach and the players,” he said. The second vice president of the GFF also explained that the Morocco training camp is not yet confirmed even though he remains confident that in few days’ time everything will be confirmed.. “While in Morocco, the coach might have chance to play a test match. At this moment we are in talks with two nations but I cannot confirm to you which are these nations,” he said Ebou Faye also clarified that the invitation issued to players is just one to tell the players that they are considered for the Gambia /Cameroon match because of their performance but the list will only be confirmed by next week because the coach has not made his conclusion on the players invited. He however urged Gambians to be patient with them and promised that by next week the speculations about who is invited and which country The Gambia will play in their three day training camp will be known by everyone. He concluded by painting the future of Gambian football as bright saying, The Gambia a lot of young players with Gambian blood and that they are doing everything possible to convince them to consider coming to don the shirt bearing the national colours of The Gambia rather than wait for a chance that will never come from their adopted countries. The Gambia is preparing to take on Cameroon in the 2017 AFCON qualifiers where the Gambia is laying joint second with South Africa behind Cameroon.

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